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nine lives

NOUN
charmed life
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There is a saying that "cats have nine lives" - but the Lionesses seem to have an infinite number at Euro 2025.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

They gave life — nine lives — to our rarely running cement eyesore.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

It’s likely that other similar situations have given rise to the adage that cats have nine lives.

From Scientific American • Jul. 24, 2023

Those and other Labor Day blazes burned more than 1.2 million acres in Oregon, destroyed upward of 5,000 homes and structures, and claimed nine lives.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

An American battery, its slogan offering nine lives.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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